The outfit she said I should wear when I came calling, but surely she had been making a jest at my expense. One of the spikes held something atrocious-the silk and linen monstrosity of a suit that green witch had left behind as an offering of good will. “But it’s not proper! Here.” Bobbledandraphous wriggled and squirmed until he created enough space that the tip of his dragonesque tail could sneak around him.

They were a bit worn, but that was to be expected since they used to my father’s. “And my leather breeches are best suited for the hard day and a half ride to Emerald.” True. “And why not? There are no holes in my tunic.” I’d sewn up the last of them myself just that morning. “Surely you can’t mean to greet our deliverer wearing that?” “Ah, yes, but…” Bobbledandrophous shivered and dropped his head to the ground, stirring up a miniature dust and petal storm amongst the petite daisies. A fine layer of frost spread on the ground around my cracked basilisk-hide boots, the ice magic flowing through me betrayed the worry I refused to voice. “For Libraria’s sake, she will be,” I insisted. “If this girl is truly the Fire Priestess…” “Just what?” My voice pitched low and coarse like rumbling rocks. Both you and I know that I must bring the girl here. But I will not be swayed from this journey.

“If you have counsel, by all means give it. With a groan I brushed a wave of wayward dark reddish hair out of my eyes so that my glare might hold more weight. The chief advisor, while beloved, was both a figurative and literal pain in my neck since he was by far the most towering of all my beastly Chimera subjects.īobbledandrophous shuffled his gargantuan feline paws and chewed on the tip of his left wing. What is it?” I paused ratcheting the cinch on the horse’s saddle long enough to look over my shoulder-and way up. “I will have far more moments if you would get on with it, Bobbledandrophous. –Definitive Fairytale Survival Guide for Him “Rule #3: To win the hand of a maiden fair, one must be well groomed of attire, charming of manner, perform actions of dashing, and always be most complimentary to the lady.

Spelled by betsy schow series